Cartons for eggs



June 7, 1960 2,939,602

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J. R. GRANT CARTONS FOR EGGS June 7, 1960 19 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Oct. 30. 1956 INVENTOR Jesse E15/*onf June 7, 1960 J. R. GRANT 2,939,602

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,Thistiiivention relateslto cartons for eggs. More specifically, the invention relates to trays "and covers, carlots to markets, usually located in large cities.

Most "of the eggs so shipped to'market are packed in ,cases containing thirty dozen eggs, wherein the eggs are protected by so-called llers and flats. At the market the car of eggs is sold, either on the basis of an official grading or otherwise, and in case the purchaser is a United States Patent lO jobber he must then work over the car of eggs to place the eggs in `cartons for delivery to his retail outlets and through them to the ultimate consumers.

-Each timeran egg is handled, its quality is depreciated and also rehandling expense is involved. Obviously, then, if there were available cartons into which the shipper could pack vthe eggs at the collecting point, so that the jobber who purchased the carload of eggs would not have to rehandle'them before delivery to the retailer, the quality of the egg would be less deteriorated and rehaudlingexpense would be eliminated.

Not all eggs shipped to an open market are purchased Y by jobbers for immediate delivery to the retail trade, but

rather varying proportions of the eggs received at the market are purchased for storage and future delivery to the retail trade; consequently, to be satisfactoryto the shipper, the cartons must meet certain definite requirements. They must be easily opened without damage to themselves, so asrto permit checking for damage to the eggs in shipment and spot-checking by the market oicials if the car is to be officially graded. The cartons must be of such construction that the eggs may be handled into and out of tthe carton in accordance with established practices usually referred to as commercial handling. The cartons must `be capable of beingV put into cold storage, there to remain without deterioration, for future delivery of the eggs to the retail trade. Y

Commercial handling of eggs is necessary where a car of graded eggs is to be subjected to an ocial grading, a buyers inspection and in cases where there has been excessive damage such as would occur if the car had been involved in a wreck. A car of current receipts must also be handled commercially for grading, candling, etc. Eggs taken out of storage likewise must4 be commercially handled for grading, etc.

In addition to the shipment of eggs to an open market, each year nds an increasing number of eggs involved in what is known as directrshipment, either to a jobber or retailer or ultimate consumer. In such direct shipments, commercial handling of the eggs out of the carton is not Anotherv object of the invention is to provide cartons 2,939,502 Patented June 7,` 1960 Ffice so important except where .there is excessive damage as the eggs are not ordinarily removed from the cartons by the jobb'er and cartons are now being used, notwithstandving that none now available on the open market is free from characteristics which are objectionable both to the shipper and jobber.

- Any carton to be satisfactory for general use, in addition to the foregoing requirements, must, of course, protect the eggs in shipment to minimize, if not entirely eliminate damage in shipment. Furthermore, although eggs'are supposedv to be packed tips down, it often happens that someeggs, at least, are packed with the large ends dow-n, and the carton therefore must be capable of protecting eggs regardless of whether or not they are properly placed in the carton.

Frequently shippersship a car of ungraded eggs, that is ,current receipts which are the eggs just as received from the farms. t In such shipments, there is considerable variation in the size of the eggs, and to be satisfactory the carton must adequately protect all of the eggs, the largest as well as the smallest. It sometimes happens in current receipt shipments that the eggs will be placed in the cartons at `the farms and many of the eggs will be packed large end down insteadfof in the approved manner withthe small end down. `The carton must aiord lprotection to the egg under such circumstances.

Prior to my invention, llers and flats have been utilized in association with egg cases for the packaging and shipping of eggs; filler-hats have also been utilized for this purpose. In connection with such prior uses, the relsults obtained have been ineiiicient either in the sense that the eggs have not been fully protected or in the sense that the utilization of the filler-hats heretofore known has required excessive handling or special preparations and techniques of use varying from the usual or required procedures, arrangements and constructions. In some Yprior forms unorthodox arrangement of eggs is required -solutions to the problems which this invention solves,

which prior attempts involved unusual egg arrangements, there is far too much space in some portions of the package and less than the optimum of the required space in other portions, and in some instances adjacent eggs are vdirectly in contact with opposite walls of a relatively thin partition with the result that the danger of breakage is materially increased.

It is an object of the invention to provide a molded yfc'arton for eggs which may be used by a shipper to pack eggs for sale through the regular channels of'trade and Valso for'so-called direct shipments.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a molded carton for eggs an improved cup that is cushioned by feet depending below the egg space in the cup and wholly outside of that space which cushioning obviates the necessity of using a bottom pad in an egg case.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a molded carton a cover that is easily removed to permit inspection of the eggs and is adapted to be locked on the tray of the carton in such manner as to prevent movement ofthe cover laterally with respect to the carton.

Another object of the invention is to provide a molded egg cup in the Vtray of a carton, which is flexible land capable "of being distorted to accommodate eggs of various dimensions and to cushion the egg within the cup. 

